The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Royal Commentaries. BooK Vlli. the other : they had no em~loyment or occupatio~ to bufie ~hemfelves in, for moíl: of tl1fin went naked, w1thout cloaths or covermg; the pnze and rewa rd of tbru War, were tbe bodies of che Wives and Paughters of the conquered, of which they enjoyed as many as they could get; and for che Men, they eat and de- voured one the otber. Their Religion was as befüal as their Morality; they adored m any Gods, eve- ry Lineage, or Family, ha~ one or more proper t? it ; fome a?ored Animals, or livmg Creatures, others Birds, Herbs, Planes, Rivers, Fountams, nay any thing which chey liked, or were pleafed wich; in which diverfity o f Gods, there often arofe Difputes and fyguments concerning the~ ?ower an.d Goodn:tS, which was moil: commonly dec1ded by War. People hvmg at tbIS me , w1thout reafon or politiques, wer~ eafily fubdued ; fo~ tbey éould n~ver fiand to. make an~ defenc~~ but, like wild beafis, were hunted m the Mount:ams, where lll the Thickets, m Caves and Rocks they concealed the~felves ; hut famine, and w~nt of fufienance, Iorced many of them from their retirements, int(!) the power a nd obcdience of rhe Inca, thoegh many df them, who were obftinate and furly, Jike bruce beafis, pe- riíhed in tneir places bf concealmeqt. But che Jnaa Tupac ufed all dilige,nce to catch, and tame thell.l> committing them into che hands of Maíl:ers and Inílru&ors, who might teach the m to afiociate, an,d live in cornmunities, how to cultivate the Grounds, and we ar Cloathing , and make Garments of W 001 and Cotton : they alfo íhewed t:hem how to bring cha- nels of water for refreíhing their Fields, and fo léarned them to m anure thei( Land~. tbat it became the moíl: fruitfull foil of ali Peru. In fome time afcerwards, for greater improvement of thac Countrey, they enndbled it wit h a Temple of che , Sun anda Houfe ofSeleét Virgins, wich many other Edifices ofHonour and Re- no~n. . They commanded, that all their G~s íhould be thrown to the Eartb, and tJ;¡at they íhould acknow!edge and worfhip no other but o~ely th€ Sun, wha ', was che fole God of che·Umverfe : that none íhould eac Man s fleíh on pain of Death, and utter deílruéüon of himfelf and farnil}! ; and for other matters rhey gave tbem Prieíl:s and Men of learning co inftruét them in their Law_s and Cu- fioms : In all which they became fo docible, and fuch proficients, that in a íhorc time they lived orderly and fociably in civil communicacion,. a nd the two Provi.n- ces of Cafaayunca, and Huancapampa became the moíl: knowmg, and mqfi. orderly Cicizens in.ali che Empire of the JncM. . CH A P. IV. The Conquefi of three Great a'nd 1.f(arlik_e Provinces. H Vancapampa being conquered, the Incas proceeded to reduce three other gr~a.t ·Provinces, containing q¡any other Nations under rheir power ; but how loqg, this fu~ceeded after tbe Conqueíl: of fluancapampa, is not certain : .But thefe {':eQ~l_e were of a ditferent qualicy to chofe before mencioned; for they lived in a pó!iclc_¡¡J_ mann~r_, had their Towns, and Forcifications, and fome manner ofGovernmen~ ;¡- mong(l them; they ofcen a{fembled, and held Counfels to con fider of the pubttck ~ood and welfare. No perfon pretended to aRight ofDominion o ver them, bu( óy common confent they eleéted their ChiefGovernour in che tim e ofPeace, aQC;t Captain in cafe ofWar, ferving chem with entire obedience, during the tim~ qf their Magiílracy. Thefe three Provinces were called caf[a, Ayahuaca, and C41/ua, The !nea, fo foon as he approached the Confines oí chefe Countries, fent bis Slim- mons tQ the Iohabitants_, requiring chem to-receive him for their Lord and Sove· reign _~ dr ocherwife provide to defend themfelves by force of Arms; for anfwef whereunto, they returnec! a íh.ort reply, That chey were ready c o dye in defen¡:~ of th~ir Liberties ; for as they never had received any Lord thac was impofed on . , chem,